KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

KOZHIKODE: Sunni scholars are cautioning believers against certain Sufi orders that they claim stand against the basic tenets of Islam and are spreading un-Islamic ideas in the name of Sufism. The ...

This much is clear: Kano State authorities in northern Nigeria accused the Sufi Muslim singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu of circulating social media messages containing lyrics they said attacked the Prophet ...

Philosophy East and West, Vol. 66, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: THEATRE AND CHARACTER CULTIVATION IN THREE GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL CULTURES (JANUARY 2016), pp. 194-217 (24 pages) The academic study of Sufism in ...

Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman has always been open about his spiritual journey and his decision to embrace Sufism. In a recent conversation, the music legend reflected on his understanding of ...

Introduction -- Part I. The Saint: 1. Biography and Hagiography -- 2. Saintdom and Patronage -- Part II. The Successors: 3. Ilkhanid/Kartid Eras to the Timurid Age -- 4. Safavid/Mughal Eras to the ...

AR Rahman, born Dileep Kumar Rajagopala, embraced Sufism after studying various religions. He found a spiritual path in Sufism, describing it as a process of self-reflection and shedding ego. Rahman ...